Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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z : ' ' -pv l : : oHirr SPEECH Since everyone has constant contacts with others, one must have the ability to get along with people, to express ideas cleverly, and to think constructively. Speech classes help students to progress toward this by having practice in talking before a group. The Speech 1 and 2 courses include introductions, in- terviews, parliamentary law, discussion of current events, talks on Racine industries, dramatic read- ings, and oral reading and interpretation. Debating was included in the curriculum for the first time in many years. Practice debates were with Waukesha, West Allis, and St. Mary ' s High School. Debates with Bay View, Washing- ton, and Kenosha were held as Forensic Associa- tion contests. Speaking of Dillinger. ' DRAMATICS Jephthah ' s Daughter After the first year of speech pupils may elect Dramatic s or Debate. Each of Miss Cape ' s four Dramatics classes presented a one-act play in assembly. In the an- nual contest this year Jephthah ' s Daughter was awarded first place by the judges. Other plays were Sojourners , The Modern Merchant of Venice ' , and Thrice-Promised Bride . The senior class play was given in the gymnasium this year. The cast of A Full House was chosen by Miss Cape, and the play also supervised by her. Performances were presented one afternoon for students under high school age, while two evening presentations were given for students and faculty of Park High.

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= =i=x ■- 1 in irir ' ' i N J,,;; :: = r.S Second Schultes (maybe) MUSIC The music department has two orches- ' tras, an advanced and a beginners ' with an enrollment of fifty-one and fifty-two respectively. The advanced orchestra, called Orchestra A, boasts of a complete symphonic in- strumentation, and plays an important part in the school activities, including assemblies, class plays, and commencements. There are also two bands having the same ar- rangement as the orchestra. The Band A has a complete instrumentation with an enrollment of fifty-two, and the Band B numbers twenty-eight. The Band is particularly active in all athletic activities and also presents programs for assem- blies. ART Miracles never cease in our art de- partment. Students can die day after day, from the finger-tips up, without a casualty or turning the- standardized cold blue! They choose whatever color they please — to suit their personalities or costumes — harmony being forever strived for in our art classes. On other days, the setting quickly changes into a museum of living statues! There we see Mes- trovic ' s Indian horseman mounted upon a pranc- ing chair. In another corner The Wrestlers glee- fully try to bite chunks out of each others ' legs. Besides promenades into the woods, block prints, ink drawings, and a dozen of other projects, there is the manufacturing of lumpy clay marbles by the crafty craft student. Our cartoonists

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' T l = = r.V Monday morning! OFFICE » . . . I With the aid of various astronomical fe instruments, the actions of all the stars in the Park Stellar System are watched very closely. One of these, the telephone, is used to contact other planets to account for stars ' not ap- pearing in their orbits on a certain day, while one of the most important functions of the observatory is to keep accurate records, reporting all accom- plishments of the stars over periods of ten weeks. Although the operators of the observatory seem to enjoy their work, they often run up against some trying situations. Miss Rodigan, Miss La Mack, and Miss Benson supervise these numer- ous instruments. LIBRARY The main function of our library is to afford a means of doing reference work and obtaining outside reading books other than by making trips to the public libraries. A large number of popular current magazines are subscribed for, both for students ' entertain- ment and information, during any leisure moments they may have. Since the library is unusually attractive, it is often made the center of outstanding social activ- ities of the school; among them being the Tri- Alpha and Wichaka teas, Senior banquets. Foot- ball dinners, and Faculty parties. Thus, the li- brary is of service to the school in various ways. During study halls students are encouraged to visit the library for reference work. Reference workers!